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More heat is transferred until the pressure inside the cylinder also doubles. Determine the work done and the amount of heat transfer for this process.
The studs are made of grade 8 material. Find the torque (in-lb) necessary to tighten to 90 percent of the proof strength, assuming cadmium plated threads.
Consider one kmol of methane at a pressure of 23.2 bar and a temperature of 200 K. Is this methane an ideal gas? Show or describe how you reached this conclusion.
A jet of water impinges on a vane and is deflected as shown. The volume flow rate is Q = 0.16 m3/s and the nozzle speed is v = 34.1 m/s. Determine the force required to hold the vane stationary.
Assume that the change in kinetic energy is negligible. Determine the magnitude and direction of heat transfer rate during the process.
The distance from the top surface of the beam to the neutral surface is 82.5mm. Calculate the radius of curvature and the vertical deflection at the end of the beam.
The material is a low carbon steel (BHN of 200) with a suggested cutting speed of 85 fpm at .015 ipr. Use a specific HP of 1.1 HP/in3/min. Calculate the following: HP required at the spindle and
Determine the angular speed (magnitude of the angular velocity(omega)) of the rocket at t = 3.1 seconds. Specify your answer in rad/s to 2 decimal places.
A horizontal cylinder is separated into two sections by an adiabatic, frictionless piston. How much entropy is generated (kJ/K) during the process?
The iron casting and the water are allowed to come to thermal equilibrium. Does this process violate the second law of thermodynamics? If so how? If not why not?
Nitrogen initially occupying 3.5 ft3 at 87 psia, 480°F undergoes in internally reversible expansion during which PV1.2 = constant to a final state where the temperature is 100°F.
More energy is added with the paddle wheel until the pressure increases by 25 kPa. Find the entropy generation (kJ/kg-K) of the process within the piston cylinder device.
26.42 gal/min of 100% sulfuric acid at 25 degrees (C) is mixed with 44.49 gal/min of liquid water at 15 degrees (C). If the heat capacity of the resulting solution is 2.43 kJ/(kg K).
Air initially at a dry-bulb temperature of 45 degrees (C) and hr = 10% is adiabatically humidified to hr = 60%. Determine the adiabatic saturation temperature from the psychrometric chart.
A stream of methanol vapor is used to chill a countercurrently flowing saturated steam in an adiabatic heat exchanger. What is the flow rate of steam in m3/min?
Steam at 10 MPa and 450 degrees (C) enters an adiabatic turbine at 80 m/s and exits at 10 kPa, 92% quality and 50 m/s. The mass flow rate of this stream is 12 kg/s. Determine: The turbine inlet area
The mass of the piston is such that it takes 0.3MPa of pressure to move it. Heat is transferred to the steam until the system volume doubles. Determine: The final temperature.
Determine (a) the quality of steam in the tank at the initial state, (b) the amount of mass that has escaped, and (c) the entropy generation during this process if heat is supplied to the tank from
When the input is 100 kPa, the output is 5 mV and when the input is 1000 kPa, the output is 125 mV. What is the sensitivity of this device?
The atomic weight of copper is 63.5 g/mol. Calculate its theoretical density given that it has FCC crystal structure and has the lattice parameter of 3.61 Aion here.
Draw and label the T-s diagram for the ideal Rankine cycle that you would use to solve this problem. Determine for the cycle the rate of heat transfer to the working fluid passing through the steam ge
At steady state, the cycle develops 40 kW of power with a heat input of 56.67 kW from the high temperature reservoir. Determine the minimum theoretical value of TH required for operating this cycle
If the power generated by the turbine is 4 MW, determine the rate of entropy generation for this process. Assume the surrounding environment is at 25°C.
The amount of mass that has escaped, and (c) the entropy generation during this process if heat is supplied to the tank from a source at 500°C.
Consider two geothermal wells whose energy contents are estimated to be the same. Will the exergies of these wells necessarily be the same? Explain.